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Video Shows Father Fainting as Daughter Is Delivered by C-Section in Brazil

The viral video highlights a reaction birth photographers say they have witnessed in delivery rooms.

Overview

  • Maicon Pedroso in Criciúma, Brazil, fainted as his second daughter was delivered by C-section on April 18.
  • Hospital staff eased him to the floor, raised his legs, and fanned his face until he woke and then he met his newborn.
  • Birth photographers Patricia Vogel and Viviane Borges, who have documented more than 1,500 births, said the room was calm and that he fainted at 8:24am.
  • Footage of the collapse has drawn nearly 19 million views online, according to Creatorzine as cited by the outlets reporting the story.
  • Pedroso said he remembers nothing from the birth, and he, his wife Mariane Felippe, and their daughter are reported to be doing well.